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EM 2A-Module Two: Emergency Management
Coordination
Prerequisites: FEM 150, FEM161, FEM 215
Provides an introduction to the fundamentals of
emergency management coordination. Surveys how
the resources and capabilities of organizations at
all levels can be networked together in emergency
management phases for effective all-hazard response.
Introduces the National Incident Management
System, the Incident Command System and
Emergency Operations Center operations.
EM 3A-Module Three: Leadership and
Management
Prerequisites: FEM 132, FEM 133, FEM134
Provides an introduction to leadership and influence
in emergency management. Describes decision-
making and the attributes of an effective decision
maker. Explains how leaders are able to build
trust and motivate others to achieve shared goals.
Identifies basic communication skills needed to
convey decisions across a diverse workforce.
EM 4A-Module Four: Planning and Response
Prerequisites: FEM 140, FEM 159, FEM 174
Provides an introduction to the emergency planning
process, including the rationale behind planning.
Introduces participants to the key concepts and
principles of the National Response Framework.
Describes key Mission Assignment (MA) concepts
and provides knowledge needed to carry out MA
processing responsibilities.
EM 5A-Module Five: Emergency
Management Mitigation
Prerequisites: FEM 157, FEM 173, FEM 186
Explores the reasons and need for planning for a
sustainable, disaster-resistant community. Introduces
participants to mitigation basics for tornadoes,
wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.
Describes the Continuity Management Cycle, the
Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager,
and the unique aspects of continuity exercise design.
EM 6A-Module Six: Recovery and Assessment
Prerequisites: FEM 103, FEM 179, FEM 201
Provides students with the knowledge to plan an
effective damage assessment program, conduct
rapid damage assessments, and begin the process
of recovery and mitigation. Introduces students
to the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation
Program (HSEEP), exercise design, and exercise.
Introduces students to the National Disaster Recovery
Framework (NDRF) key concepts, core principles and
roles and responsibilities of NDRF leadership.
EM 102–Emergency Management Planning
(3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Provides the student with a thorough understanding
of risk management, operational planning, and
strategic planning as applied in current emergency
management policy. The student will evaluate
and use current policy tools to determine risk
vulnerabilities and capabilities, evaluate and critically
assess an emergency operations plan, identify the
components of an emergency operations plan, and
assess the purpose of strategic planning.
EM 104–Disaster Response and Recovery (3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Provides students with an understanding of disaster
response and recovery operations in emergency
management. Students will examine the nature
of emergencies and disasters, identify the human
responses in the disaster process, assess current
procedures for response operations, and review
recovery policies, programs, and methods to promote
the return to normalcy.
EM 106–Mitigation and Hazard Management
(3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Provides the student with a thorough understanding
of mitigation for disaster management, and the
application of hazard management. The student will
investigate various methods of risk management, risk
reduction, risk avoidance, risk acceptance, and risk
transfer to address both structural and non-structural
mitigation. The concept of sustainability and its role in
local land-use planning is examined.
EM 110–Federal Emergency Management (3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Provides the student with the understanding of
the role of the federal government in emergency
management on the national level, and the influence
of the federal government on the local, regional,
state, and international emergency management.
Explores the historical development of the federal
emergency management effort with emphasis on
significant events that shaped existing policy.
EM 120–Homeland Security (3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Provides students with a thorough understanding
of the strategic, political, legal and organizational
challenges associated with the protection of the
U.S. homeland, including the historical foundation
of terrorism. Introduces the roles of emergency
management in the response to the growing threat
of domestic and international terrorism. Addresses
the implication of homeland security challenges and
policies for constitutional rights, legal protections,
and civil liberties.
EM 130–Integrated Emergency Management
(3)
Prerequisite: EM 102
Provides students with an understanding of the
concept of Integrated Emergency Response to
disasters and other critical incidents. Students
examine the role of Integrated Emergency
Preparedness in the government environment,
and expand the understanding to public-private
cooperation in emergency management.
EM 201–Research and Technology in
Emergency Management (3)
Prerequisite: EM 102
Provides students with an overview of research and
technology applications in emergency management.
The course examines the principles of scientific
research; evaluates existing research and technology;
and applies the methods and resources of research,
science, and technology to emergency management.
Students will examine scientific research, research
methodology, technology, evaluation, and utilizing
research and technology in emergency management.
EM 203–Social Impacts of Disaster (3)
Cultural Competence
Prerequisite: EM 102
Provides students with an enhanced awareness of
the response planning and response challenges
of diverse Individuals, groups, and communities
to disaster. Students will discover how disasters
influence structures, interactions, and subjective
perceptions among community members. Examines
how social inequality, including race, ethnicity, class,
and gender, result in enhanced vulnerabilities in
disasters. Students will analyze the diverse cultural
rules and biases of response organizations and
communities that converge during disasters.
EM 205–Emergency Management Leadership
(3)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: EM 201
Provides the student with understanding of
leadership theories, skills, and techniques for
application in emergency management. The course
introduces the concept of effective leadership in
emergency management by identifying leadership
models utilized in managing across the life-cycle
of the incidents along with evaluating current
emergency management leaders.
EM 210–Emergency Management Capstone
(3)
Prerequisite: EN 101; Prerequisite or Corequisite: EM 205
As the culminating experience for the Emergency
Management Track II major, this course enables
students to exercise critical thinking and evaluation
skills, while applying comprehension of the
emergency management discipline. Students will
write a research paper, under the supervision of a
faculty mentor, which demonstrates the ability to
analyze and synthesize the theories and practices to
reduce vulnerability to hazards and mitigate disasters.